Hamm and Brest
Title
Hamm and Brest
Description
Photograph one is an oblique aerial photograph of Hamm, showing extensive damage and bomb craters throughout.
Photograph two is a vertical aerial photograph of Brest naval base and ports, with numbered annotation.
Photograph two is a vertical aerial photograph of Brest naval base and ports, with numbered annotation.
Date
1945
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Language
Type
Format
Two b/w photographs on an album page
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Identifier
PThomasAF20040036
Transcription
[photograph]
HAMM
1946. Hamm.
A photograph of probably the most famous railway station in Germany. In the early days of the war it seemed as if our aircraft were always going to Hamm. The amount of bomb craters around the target shows the amount of attention it received.
[photograph]
[underlined] G1105 [/underlined]
[underlined] BREST. [/underlined]
1939-45. Brest.
An aerial reconnaisance [sic] photograph of the harbour area of Brest, one of France’s principle ports. Clearly seen is the German Battleship ‘Gneisnau’. Also marked are other Dock installations & coastal shipping.
HAMM
1946. Hamm.
A photograph of probably the most famous railway station in Germany. In the early days of the war it seemed as if our aircraft were always going to Hamm. The amount of bomb craters around the target shows the amount of attention it received.
[photograph]
[underlined] G1105 [/underlined]
[underlined] BREST. [/underlined]
1939-45. Brest.
An aerial reconnaisance [sic] photograph of the harbour area of Brest, one of France’s principle ports. Clearly seen is the German Battleship ‘Gneisnau’. Also marked are other Dock installations & coastal shipping.
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Citation
“Hamm and Brest,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 11, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/23034.
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